Today was our first full day in Haiti. We travelled to Cite Soleil to deliver fresh water, tour the Haiti initiative soccer and feeding program. We experienced firsthand the helping hand of God by seeing, feeling, holding and supplying for the children and families in the poorest area of Haiti. Tonight at dinner we went around the table and needed to say a word that we felt described our day. The words are shared below.
Hannah - COLORFUL CHAOS - the traffic, the water lines, the housing
Lance - GO (Alé in Creole) - the water truck process and “water truck man” , and also the urgency for us to load into the truck once the water ran out
Nancy - BEAUTIFUL and JOY - the inner beauty of the country, joy for the building of HOPE church on the mound of garbage in the center of CITE SOLEIL
Paige - LAUGHTER - happy to see the children’s smiles, these same children with injuries and despair showed us resilience, smiles and laughter
Theresa - AMAZING - watching the people endure their “normalcy”
Lindsey - LOVE - children who were full of LOVE to GIVE and to RECEIVE
Kendra - INSPIRING - inspired by the kids optimism, looking at a new world through the eyes of the children
Eli - EYE OPENING - this doesn’t need more explanation
Laura - BEAUTIFUL - the children’s faces
Scout - STRONG - everyone was dealing with so much stuff (the children of Haiti and those of us seeing Haiti)
Kathi - SMILE - on every child’s face and followed so quickly on ours
Bailey - AWESOME - because I had an awesome day
Kalli - FRIENDLY - everyone was so friendly to us even though we were practically strangers to them
Angie (our leader)- EXHAUSTING and REJUVENATING - an oxymoron that describes the day to a “T”
Jaime (our other leader)- COMFORTABLE - feeling at home in this wonderful country
Ending this day was made even more special with a slide show of 450 pictures all taken today by our leaders. Tears were shed and laughter was heard. We are here to share God’s amazing word and LOVE but had it shared right back with us ten-fold.
Glwa pou Bondye (Glory to God)
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